Jeff Lemire

Roughneck

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Produktbeschreibung

Derek's hockey career ended violently a decade ago and since then he has been back in his hometown drunkenly getting by on former glory. His long-lost sister arrives, fleeing abuse, and the two head out into the wilderness, engaging with their troubled past and Cree heritage, but with the sister's abuser not far behind. A harrowing and touching account of First Nations and Native American culture in modern life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon & Schuster
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 184mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 803g
• ISBN-13: 9781476773995
• ISBN-10: 1476773998
• Artikelnr.: 44708759

Autorenporträt

Jeff Lemire is the award winning, New York Times bestselling author of such graphic novels as Essex County, Sweet Tooth, The Underwater Welder, and  Roughneck, as well as the cocreator of Descender with Dustin Nguyen, Black Hammer with Dean Ormston, Gideon Falls with Andrea Sorrentino, and many others. He also collaborated with celebrated musician Gord Downie on the graphic novel and album The Secret Path, which was made into an animated film in 2016. Jeff has won numerous awards, including an Eisner Award and Juno Award in 2017. Jeff has also written extensively for both Marvel and DC Comics. Many of his books are currently in development for film and television, including both Descender and A.D. After Death at Sony Pictures, Essex County at the CBC, The Underwater Welder and Plutona at Waypoint Entertainment, and Gideon Falls with Hivemind Media, as well as the Eisner-Award winning Black Hammer at Legendary Entertainment. He lives in Toronto, Canada, with his wife and son, and their troublesome pug, Lola. Visit him at JefLemireComics.com or on Twitter @JeffLemire.